Just plane gorgeous

Dave's plane tree bark.

 Look at that purple - and the fantastic textures!!!

I think I have found my next project! I have been photographing tree barks and the colours and textures are stunning. Today though, I found the piece de resistance on my brother's lawn!! It is a young plane tree and the colours are fabulous. The texture is exquisite. I am thinking hand dyed fabrics and machine quilting with hand embroidery.

Watch this space - but not for a little while.

Outside the comfort zone- but fun!

Here is my Blue Moon Reflections, one of the uncomfortable things I enjoyed doing this summer.There is a bit more but this had to be cropped.

Silk coccoon, silk hankie, hot transfer foil, embroidery- all a LOT of fun to do, but not the norm for me .

Oyster Catcher update

I am nearing the end of the background embroidery for Oyster Catcher. He is happily appliqued in place now looking for some trouble to get into. I wish I could applique sound. This fellow was one vociferous bird!! His peeweet, peeweet could be heard for miles.

I am still trying to work out whether to add a bit of paint under his feet to ground him a bit more. Since I fastened his feet down , he seems more permanent  but I might like the ground darker. We shall see.

My other concern is how to display him. I may just pillowcase a backing and add a little hanging sleeve. There is almost no actual quilting on this piece but I might add a light layer of batting , just to make it a bit more oomphy!As I have said before, watch this space : )

Oyster catcher so far

Well, this is kind of stuck together but I needed to see how much more needs doing on the foreground. I like the little shells. Too bad they are not limpets, but they are good. They actually came from Nova Scotia but I think they do the job. I want more dark under the feet of that bird! Otherwise, he is afloat . A bit of experimentation coming up. Basically, this is doing what I want it to do.